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“Nothing is ever as beautiful as the first isolated moments with someone who might be able to love you — with someone you yourself might be able to love. There is nothing as silent as these minutes, nothing so saturated with sweet anticipation. It is for these few minutes that we love, not for the many that follow. Never again, they realize, would anything so beautiful ever happen to them. They might be happier, more impassioned, too, and infinitely satiated with their own bodies and with each other’s. But never again would it be so beautiful.”

Stig Dagerman, A Moth to a Flame (Burnt Child) (trans. Benjamin Mier-Cruz)

“You moved in me, like prayer.”

— Rickey Laurentiis, from “King of Shade, King of Scorpions,” Whipped (Floating Wolf Quarterly, 2013)

“The basic function of popular music is to create an environment for courting, lovemaking, and doing the dishes. It’s useful because it addresses the heart in the midst of all these activities, and it will always be useful in this very important way.”

— Leonard Cohen in a 1985 interview

“My Answer of Love is You.” Embroidery Confessions Iviva Olenick

Night blooming flowers

Flowers for a vampirekin/nocturnalkin garden.

  • Alyssum ( Lobularia maritima)
  • Angel’s trumpet (Brugmansia)
  • Golden angel’s trumpet (Brugmansia aurea)
  • Peach angel’s trumpet (Brugmansia versicolor)
  • Red angel’s trumpet (Brugmansia sanguinea)
  • Salmon angel’s trumpet (Brugmansia vulcanicola)
  • Brahma kamal lotus (Saussurea obvallata)
  • Burning hearts (Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra)
  • Cape Jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)
  • Casablanca Lily (Lilium ‘Casablanca’)
  • Chinese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)
  • Chocolate daisy (Berlandiera lyrata)
  • Claret cup (Echinocereus triglochidiatus)
  • Dame’s rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
  • Drooping red gum (Eucalyptus parramattensis)
  • Easter lily cactus (Echinopsis oxygona)
  • Evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)
  • Evening rain lily (Zephyranthes drummondii)
  • Flowering tobacco ( Nicotiana alata)
  • Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia)
  • Four o’clocks (Mirabilis jalapa)
  • Hoary stock (Matthiola incana)
  • Japanese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda)
  • Lotus’ (Nelumbo)
  • Lungwort (Pulmonaria)
  • Mock Orange (Philadelphus coronaius)
  • Moonflower (Datura innoxia)
  • Moon vine (Ipomoea alba)
  • Night blooming jasmine (Cestrum nocturnum)
  • Night blooming water lilies (Nymphaea)
  • Night gladiolus (Gladiolus tristis)
  • Night phlox (Zaluzianskya capensis)
  • Night scented orchid (Epidendrum nocturnum)
  • Night scented stock (Matthiola longipetala)
  • Nottingham catchfly (Silene nutans)
  • Opening Night rose (Rosa x ‘Opening Night’)
  • Queen of the night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)
  • Ten-petal blazing star (Mentzelia decapetala)
  • Tuberose (Agave amica)

‘mystery of love’ by sufjan stevens but you’re picking flowers in your countryside backyard while your neighbor who you’re secretly in love with plays music you can hear through their open window. (headphones recommended)